grounds

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

   it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds

2. 2
   noun

   Basis or justification for something.

   grounds for divorce

3. 3
   noun

   The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

   the castle grounds

4. 4
   noun

   The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

5. 5
   noun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

6. 6
   noun

   your basis for belief or disbelief

7. 7
   noun

   a justification for something existing or happening

8. 8
   noun

   a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

Etymology

From ground, past participle of to grind.